Jackdaws, by Ken Follet Follet was only twenty-seven when he wrote Eye of the Needle, he first book. The award-winning novel which became an international best-seller and a distinguished film. Before that he had been a reporter and a publishing executive after studying philosophy at University College, London. He has since written several equally successful novels including, A Dangerous Fortune, plus the non-fiction best-seller On Wings of Eagles. Ken Follet lives with his family in …showed first 75 words of 403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 403 total…challenge is to find, recruit and train a suitable band of women with the temperament and skills needed for such a task - in three days. In the mid-1940s there were few women with explosives, weaponry, and telephone engineering skills available, so other personality characteristics were sought. Flick and her cohorts search bars, jails, and country estates to enlist the aid of one of the most unlikely groups of misfits since "The Dirty Dozen."